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Digital Daisy: January 2011
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Friday, January 7, 2011. Costco's Five Social Media Faux Pas. Costco Connection, Costco's client magazine, often includes little business gems such as this article in their January edition about the pitfalls of social media. Here is a brief synopsis of the main 5 points. Social media allows for easy tracking of your competition, so use it! For an automated message each time your competitors are mentioned online. Ignoring What Your Customers Say About You. Arguing on Social Media Channels. If you promise ...
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Digital Daisy: February 2010
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Sunday, February 21, 2010. Post this week with his perspective on the iPad - I thought he captured the main points quite well. Interested in internet marketing perspectives, leading edge thought and such. check out Rohit's I. Earlier the week I attended the local release of Deloitte's TMT (Technology, Media $ Telecommunications) 2010 Predictions -. See the full document on their website. Advertising continues to social and mobile at the cost of traditional channels. Growth in mobile and Internet use cont...
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Digital Daisy: April 2010
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Thursday, April 1, 2010. Juno Awards' Melanie Berry's Top 10 for 2010. In a recent presentation to the members of NLOWE at a breakfast session, CARAS CEO Melanie Berry shared her top ten entrepreneurial priorities for 2010 while in St. John's for final arrangements for the 2010 Juno Music Awards. Expressing the value of mentorship in her career, Ms. Berry cited these as her important entrepreneurship and life lessons:. Always treat others as you would like to be treated. Always admit when you're wrong.
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Digital Daisy: Location-Based Marketing
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Thursday, January 6, 2011. New smart phones that allow wireless mobile connection to the Internet, while also broadcasting your GPS location (yes! The satellites always know where you are! Have made an entirely new range of services possible. Location-based marketing is an emerging form of marketing - sending you deals, offers and information that are relevant to you based on where you are (with your mobile phone in your bag of course! My friends at Sitepoint's Tribune Newsletter. Lets you create special...
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Digital Daisy: Costco's Five Social Media Faux Pas
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Friday, January 7, 2011. Costco's Five Social Media Faux Pas. Costco Connection, Costco's client magazine, often includes little business gems such as this article in their January edition about the pitfalls of social media. Here is a brief synopsis of the main 5 points. Social media allows for easy tracking of your competition, so use it! For an automated message each time your competitors are mentioned online. Ignoring What Your Customers Say About You. Arguing on Social Media Channels. If you promise ...
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Digital Daisy: March 2010
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Wednesday, March 24, 2010. 11 Hot Tips for Techknowledgeable Writing. Well they were hot when I wrote them originally 4 years ago. But I think it is still valid for creators of website content - layout and presentation can make or break the deal. 1 Put yourself in the reader's position. What is the most important thing on your website or in our email, newsletter or blog for users? 2 Use the right trigger words (key word). If a user is searching for " glasses. Words and not your own internal jargon! In or...
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Digital Daisy: October 2010
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Thursday, October 21, 2010. Business Tips from the Dragons' Den. A privilege and honour to be nominated for the Mount Pearl Chamber of Commerce. S annual Best in Business Innovation Award last night, it was an equal pleasure to listen to Dianne Buckner of Dragons' Den. Fame share her Top 10 Tips - those characteristics that successful entrepreneurs share - straight from the Den! I paraphrase as I summarise them here. The list should be read in reverse for order of priority. In this age of fast paced inno...
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Digital Daisy: When You Love Your Tims..
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Wednesday, November 24, 2010. When You Love Your Tims. And your Tims loves you back! This is the story of Tims, TA and Velma the Vanilla Dip. Being so close to her Tims brand, made Tim Hortons an obvious choice when she was seeking sponsorship for her attempt on Everest. In her own words, the fund-raising effort for an expedition of this proportion, tops the challenge of the actual climb. This is when Tim Hortons came to the table: with a specially preserved vanilla dip doughnut that was to be collected ...
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Digital Daisy: May 2010
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Tuesday, May 18, 2010. Where do I start with my website? Where to start planning a new website? Is a question I am asked quite often. This is a broad question and many resources already exist that help getting to the right answers. Here is a link to a comprehensive blog post on the topic ". Preparing to work with a designer: What to bring to the plate when you are planning your website? It is well worth the read. Or perhaps you prefer to get advice from a Rapper -. See this SEO Rapper. Great for mocking ...
